Union-garment



v J. RIFKIN.

UNI ON GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY6, 1920.

Pat entedAug. 9, 1921.

VENTOR AT-T NEY are JAooB RIFKIN, or wILKEs-BARRE, PENN YL ANIA.

UNION-GARMENT.

Application filed May 6,

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JACOB RIFKIN, a citizenof the United States, residing in l/Vilkes- Barre, Luzerne county,Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inUnion-Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in overall union suits or'otherone piece garments, comprising a combined blouse. or shirt, andtrousers. v

One object of my invention is to facilitate donning and removing suchgarments.

Loosely fitting as is the blouse-or shirt portion of the present styleof garment as commonly manufactured, elderly persons and those inclinedto stoutnesshave some difiiculty in putting on the union overall, andmore difficulty in removing the gai--' ment, due to the fact'that it isnecessary to throw the shoulders back and toward each. other in order tostrip the shoulder portions of the garment ofi of the shoulders of thewearer; Y 7

Garments equipped with my invention obviate this disadvantage,,and areeasily put on and takenoif with a minimum of trouble and without loss oftime. The back and breast pieces of the usual union overall arepermanently connected or fastened together by shoulder seams extendingin opposite directions along the top of the shoulderfrom the neckopening to the upper ends of the armscyes or arm holes, and by seamsextending from the armpits of the garment to the waist or beltedportion. The one piece collar of the garment is usually stitched to theedge of the material forming the neck opening, a slit or openingextending; down the front of the garment from and including the collarband to the crotch. V

The spreading of this slit or opening, and the neck opening forms theaperture through which the body of the wearer must pass in putting onand removing the garment, and is amply suflicient, except when drawingthe garment over the shoulders or in extricating the shoulders from thegarment.

Therefore, to render such operations easier, I provide the garmient withslits, openings, or ventswextending along the tops of the shoulders fromthe collar band to a point adjacent, but preferably, not meeting, theupper ends of the respectivejarm holes, such Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Aug. 9, [1921. 1920. serial No. 379,281.

vents extending across and opening'through the collar or collar band. I

closed. I

These vents, combined with the usual front slit or openingabove-mentioned, permit the breast of the garment to be laid open orturned back, so that the blouse portion can be easily removed from theshoulders of the wearer when the shoulder vents and front slits are.unfastened, and in putting on the garment, the front pieces are drawntogether over the breast of the wearer, after the arms, are inserted inthe sleeves, the edges ofthe front slit fastened together, and theshoulder vents .closed byfmeans of the fastenings provided therefor.Reinforcing means is strengthen the vented the garment.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one of a number ofembodiments provided I to Suitable fastenings of, any convenient typemay be used to hold the shoulder vents shoulder portions of.

of my invention, Figure 1. is a front view of a union overallequippedwith my invention, one of the vents being opened tobetterdisclose the construction;

Fig, 2 is'a three-quarters view of the up- 7 comprises leg portions 1,1,connected atthewaist. to a blouse formed of aback piece 2 and frontpieces 3, 3. The back may-be, of a single-piece or of two or more piecessewed together. o

The pieces forming the front and back are out at 4, 4, to form a neckopening. and at 5, 5, toform arm holes-or scyes, and sleeves 6, 6 aresecured to the material around the arm holes 5 in the usual manner, therear side edges of" the .respective front pieces 3, 3 being attached tothe front side edges of the back piece 2 by the seams 7, running fromthe arm pits downwardlytoward the waistline. .L

' Heretofore, the rear edge of each of the front pieces 3, 3; betweenthe neck opening and armhole has been' secured to the correspondingfront; edge of the back piece 2 by ashoulder seam, but my invention conpieces 3, 3, and the front edges of the back piece on each side of theneck opening are left free for a distance along the top of each shoulderof thegarment toward the top of the arm hole, to form vents 8, 8sufiicient to enable the shoulders of the wearer to easily pass throughwithout contortion.

Such vents may extend approximately one-half of the distance between theneck opening and the respective arm holes, 5 though this length may varywithout departing from the scope of the invention.

A doubled reinforcing strip 9 extends along the whole length of eachshoulder from the top of the arm hole 5 to the neck opening 4, the freeedges of the reinforcing strip being firmly secured to the rear edge ofits front piece 3 between the rear end of the neck. opening thereof tothe top of the arm hole 5. The rear edge of the front piece is indicatedby the dotted line 3 and is inserted between the doubled or foldedreinforcing strip 9. 7

These reinforcing strips 9, in effect, form extensions on the rear edgesof the front pieces 3, 3 and lap over the corresponding front edges ofthe back piece 2, which front edges may be reinforced by strips 10, 10preferably secured to the under sides thereof.

Lines of cross stitching 11, 11 close the ends of the vents 8 at thedesired points, and separable fastenings 12 011 the reinforcing strips 9and the front edges of the back piece 2 may be used to close the ventsintermediate the ends thereof.

Those portions of the rear edges of the reinforcing strips 9 between thelines of cross stitching 11 and the arm holes 5 are permanently securedto the adjacent front edges of the back piece 2 by stitching 11.

Because of the vents 8, 8, it is desirable to provide a sectional collaror collar band, projecting upwardly from the respective front and backpieces along the edge of the neck opening. I have illustrated such aband made in three pieces, one of which, 13, is attached to that edge ofthe back piece 2 forming the neck opening 4, the remaining sections 14,14 being secured to the edges of the front pieces 3, 3 where they arecut at 4, to form the neck opening.

The rear ends of the collar sections 14, 14 of the front pieces 3, 3,extend across the width of the respective reinforcing strips 9, wherebyto form extensions to overlapthe front ends of the back collar sections13, releasable fastenings 15 of any suitable kind, operating to connectthe adjacent ends of the collar sections.

By the use of the fastenings 15, it might be possible to eliminate thefastenings 12.

Obviously, the reinforcing strips 9 might be applied to the front edgesof the back piece 2 to overlap the rear edges of the front pieces 3, 3,in which case, the reinforcing strips 1.0 would be secured to the rearedges of the respective front pieces.

The opening between the adjacent front edges of the front breast pieces3, 3 is provided with buttons and button holes 16 or other convenientreleasable fastenings Whereby the opening may be held closed.

Changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the several partsdescribed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim as new, is

1. The combination in a blouse or shirt comprisingaback piece and frontpieces and having armholes and a neck opening; of reinforcing stripsconnected to the rear edges of the respective front pieces between theneck opening and the armholes, to form extensions of the front piecesand overlap the corresponding front edges of the back piece; stitchingto connect the overlapping portions of the reinforcing strips to theadjacent front edge of the back piece, from the armholes to pointspartway toward the neck opening to form shoulder vents; a sectionalcollar or collar band, one section of which is connected to the backpiece at the'neck opening, and the remaining sections being secured tothe respective front pieces at the .neck' opening; and means toreleasably close the vents.

2. The combination in a blouse or shirt comprising a back piece andfront pieces and having armholes and a neck opening; of reinforcingstrips connected to the rear edges of the respective front piecesbetween the neck opening and the armholes, to form extensions of thefront pieces and overlap the corresponding front edges of the backpiece; stitching to connect the overlapping portions of the reinforcingstrips to the adjacent front edge of the back piece, from the armholesto points partway toward the neck opening to form shoulder vents; asectional collar or collar band, one section of which is connected tothe back piece at the neck bpening, and the remaining sections beingsecured to the respective front pieces at the neck opening; the rearends of the respective front collar sections extending across andsecured to the ends of the reinforcing strips adjacent the neck openingto form extensions which overlap the front ends of the rear collarsection; and means to releasably connect the overlapping portions of thecollar sections.

3. The combination in a blouse or shirt comprising a back piece andfront pieces and having armholes and a neck opening; of foldedreinforcing strips embracing the rear edges of the respective frontpieces between the armholes and neck opening, the reinforcing stripsserving as extensions of the front pieces to overlap adjacent portionsof the front edge of the back piece; a portion of each reinforcing stripfrom the armhole partway only to the neck opening, being secured to theoverlapped edge of the back piece, to form shoulder vents; collarsections secured to the respective front and back pieces at the neckopening; and means to releasably connect the front ends of the rearcollar section with the rear ends of the respective front collarsections.

4. The combination in a blouse or shirt, comprising a back and frontpieces and hav ing arm holes and a neck opening; of folded reinforcingstrips embracing the rear edges of the respective front pieces betweenthe armholes and neck opening, the reinforcing strips serving asextensions of the front pieces to overlap the adjacent portions of thefront edge of the back piece; a portion of each reinforcing strip fromthe armhole partway only to the neck opening, being secured to theoverlapped edge of the back tions secured to the respective front andback pieces at the neck opening. 7

JACOB RIFKIN.

